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Definition of Saxon in English: Saxonnoun ˈsaks(ə)nˈsæksən 1A member of a people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in much of southern England in the 5th–6th centuries. 撒克逊人（罗马时代起生活于德国中北部地区的人，其中许多人定居于5-6世纪时被征服的英格兰南部的大部分地区） Example sentencesExamples - Apart from iron and bronze, the Saxons and Vikings made use of other metals, mainly for jewellery.
- But the antagonism between Norman and Saxon in the Robin Hood stories reflected a real one that lasted long after the death of the Conqueror.
- There is an unverified tradition that Welsh warriors wore leeks in their hats to show which side they were on in a victorious battle against the Saxons in the 7th century, and that that is why the leek is the symbol of Wales.
- It appears that, in a time of constant conflict between Saxons and Danes, some Viking landowners chose to celebrate their military status and Scandinavian heritage.
- When Charlemagne conquered the Saxons, he extended his empire to the borders of Viking realms: specifically, to Friesland in southern Denmark.
- Glass was used in a number of ways by the Saxons and Vikings; for drinking vessels, window glass, jewellery, enamelling and beads.
- In Medieval England, the Normans used barely skilled Saxons as labourers and the tools they used were limited - axes, chisels etc.
- In 568, the Lombards under their king, Alboin, raised an army in Pannonia that also included Gepids, Suebians, Sarmatians, Bulgars, Saxons, Roman provincials, and others.
- The Saxons of the fifth century were better known and more widely spread, occupying the present Westphalia, Hanover and Brunswick.
- Large-scale migrations of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen, and substantial movements between Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, make estimates very hazardous.
- There was relative peace with British rule over the western half of the country and Germanic rule in the east for the next fifty years, and it seems likely that the Britons may even have regained some areas of central England from the Saxons.
- In the course of the fourth century it would appear that the Romans lost the initiative and became essentially reactive to external invasions and pressures, be it from Picts, Scots, Saxons, Franks, or the unlocated Attacotti.
- Faced with invasion by a coalition of Picts and Saxons, the Roman citizens of Britain appeal to the Emperor for help; but Honorius is in no position to aid them.
- Although only second in command, Alfred led the Saxons to victory.
- The Broadaxe, or Dane-axe, was a two handed axe introduced by the Vikings in the late tenth century but which soon became popular with Saxons as well, and was probably developed from the axes used to slaughter animals.
- This instrument was certainly used by both Viking and Saxon, although not just for music - it was used when hunting and on the battlefield too.
- In particular, the Danes, Norse and Saxons regularly tattooed themselves with family symbols and crests, and the early Britons used tattoos in ceremonies.
- Of the migrating peoples, the Angles and Saxons settled in south and east Britain, applying many of their jewellery designs and distinctive animal patterns to the ornament of Christian manuscripts and metalwork.
- The Bayeaux Tapestry shows that the Saxons rained down arrows on the advancing Normans - so the advance up the hill would have been very dangerous for men and horses.
- The fifth and sixth centuries saw increased Germanic settlement although the balance of local power fluctuated between Britons and Saxons.
- 1.1 A native of modern Saxony in Germany.
（现代德国的）萨克森人
2mass noun The West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons. 古撒克逊语（古撒克逊人所说的西日耳曼语） - 2.1
another term for Old English - 2.2 The Low German dialect of modern Saxony.
萨克森语（现代萨克森州的低地德语方言）
adjective ˈsaks(ə)nˈsæksən 1Relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th–11th centuries). （与）盎格鲁-撒克逊人（有关）的；（与）盎格鲁-撒克逊语（有关）的；（与）古英语（有关）的；（与）盎格鲁-撒克逊人统治英国时期（5-11世纪）（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - For much of the Saxon period it was probably fairly wide and marshy, perhaps acting as a separator between Westwyk and Conesford.
- Across much of midland England wide-ranging changes took place in the countryside in the late Saxon period.
- Portchester Castle is the site of a third century Roman fort built to guard against Saxon raids.
- It is next to a church tower designed by Christopher Wren, which is all that remains of a building that started out as the royal chapel of the Saxon kings and was partly destroyed in World War II.
- Among the stories written down in the twelfth century about the Saxon outlaw Hereward and his guerrilla warfare against the Norman conquerors, one tells how he slipped into the King's camp disguised as a potter.
- Of greater use to the Welsh kings of the tenth and eleventh centuries was the supply of Viking and Saxon mercenaries.
- However, the numbers of pigs kept gradually decreases throughout the Saxon period.
- He gave fiefs to Norman lords, trying to keep the Saxon barons from becoming too strong.
- England is divided in a bitter rivalry between the older Saxon inhabitants, and the more recent Norman overlords who have ruled since their conquest in 1066.
- The Normans considered the Saxon dialect unintelligent, and the Saxons understandably resented this.
- Wales is contiguous to England and had been the subject of Saxon raids for centuries.
- Norman invasions resulted in the destruction of Saxon works and Danish invasions destroyed most of the written works of the continent.
- Duxford is known to have been a wealthy royal holding in the Saxon period.
- The castles were all but impregnable and served as Norman anchors in a Saxon sea.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a work still under composition after the Norman Conquest, embodies accounts and memories of Saxon military success in southern Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
- The largest pieces of wood working done during the Saxon period must have been for the buildings.
- Offa's Dyke is the man-made boundary that was created by the Saxon king Offa in the 8th Century AD, to defend the border between England and Wales.
- Particularly in the Saxon pagan period, gold jewellery was often inset with precious or semi-precious stones such as garnet.
- The flood tide of Saxon domination of England was shortly to turn and ebb with the Norman invasion.
- The period of Roman decline and the early history of the Saxon kingdoms remains obscure.
- 1.1 Relating to or denoting the style of early Romanesque architecture preceding the Norman in England.
（英国诺曼式建筑风格之前的）早期罗马式建筑风格的 Example sentencesExamples - On the outside of the north wall, (about a third of the way down the Nave), the remains of a Saxon doorway can be seen, complete with round headed arch and jambs of flint.
- Extensive remains of a Saxon minster of 8th century date are incorporated within the church, thought to be the oldest in South Yorkshire and of a type believed to have been associated with royal estates.
- A vertical-wheeled mill is known from the royal site of Old Windsor in Berkshire dating from the late 7th century, and a later Saxon mill has been excavated from Tamworth, the Mercian capital.
- The site develops with the construction of an aisled Late Saxon timber hall, which was one of King Cnut's royal manors.
- Within the church, parts of the Saxon north wall can be seen above the Norman arcade.
2Relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language. （与）萨克森（有关）的；（与）（欧洲大陆）萨克森人（有关）的；（与）萨克森语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - As a place of cure and fashion, it developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century following approval by the Saxon kings.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin and Greek Saxones (plural), of West Germanic origin; related to Old English Seaxan, Seaxe (plural), perhaps from the base of sax2. Rhymesflaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, waxen Definition of Saxon in US English: Saxonnounˈsæksənˈsaksən 1A member of a Germanic people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in southern England in the 5th–6th centuries. 撒克逊人（罗马时代起生活于德国中北部地区的人，其中许多人定居于5-6世纪时被征服的英格兰南部的大部分地区） Example sentencesExamples - The Bayeaux Tapestry shows that the Saxons rained down arrows on the advancing Normans - so the advance up the hill would have been very dangerous for men and horses.
- But the antagonism between Norman and Saxon in the Robin Hood stories reflected a real one that lasted long after the death of the Conqueror.
- The Saxons of the fifth century were better known and more widely spread, occupying the present Westphalia, Hanover and Brunswick.
- When Charlemagne conquered the Saxons, he extended his empire to the borders of Viking realms: specifically, to Friesland in southern Denmark.
- In particular, the Danes, Norse and Saxons regularly tattooed themselves with family symbols and crests, and the early Britons used tattoos in ceremonies.
- There is an unverified tradition that Welsh warriors wore leeks in their hats to show which side they were on in a victorious battle against the Saxons in the 7th century, and that that is why the leek is the symbol of Wales.
- Apart from iron and bronze, the Saxons and Vikings made use of other metals, mainly for jewellery.
- Of the migrating peoples, the Angles and Saxons settled in south and east Britain, applying many of their jewellery designs and distinctive animal patterns to the ornament of Christian manuscripts and metalwork.
- In the course of the fourth century it would appear that the Romans lost the initiative and became essentially reactive to external invasions and pressures, be it from Picts, Scots, Saxons, Franks, or the unlocated Attacotti.
- The fifth and sixth centuries saw increased Germanic settlement although the balance of local power fluctuated between Britons and Saxons.
- Although only second in command, Alfred led the Saxons to victory.
- Large-scale migrations of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen, and substantial movements between Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, make estimates very hazardous.
- The Broadaxe, or Dane-axe, was a two handed axe introduced by the Vikings in the late tenth century but which soon became popular with Saxons as well, and was probably developed from the axes used to slaughter animals.
- Glass was used in a number of ways by the Saxons and Vikings; for drinking vessels, window glass, jewellery, enamelling and beads.
- It appears that, in a time of constant conflict between Saxons and Danes, some Viking landowners chose to celebrate their military status and Scandinavian heritage.
- Faced with invasion by a coalition of Picts and Saxons, the Roman citizens of Britain appeal to the Emperor for help; but Honorius is in no position to aid them.
- In 568, the Lombards under their king, Alboin, raised an army in Pannonia that also included Gepids, Suebians, Sarmatians, Bulgars, Saxons, Roman provincials, and others.
- There was relative peace with British rule over the western half of the country and Germanic rule in the east for the next fifty years, and it seems likely that the Britons may even have regained some areas of central England from the Saxons.
- This instrument was certainly used by both Viking and Saxon, although not just for music - it was used when hunting and on the battlefield too.
- In Medieval England, the Normans used barely skilled Saxons as labourers and the tools they used were limited - axes, chisels etc.
- 1.1 A native of modern Saxony in Germany.
（现代德国的）萨克森人
2The West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons. 古撒克逊语（古撒克逊人所说的西日耳曼语） - 2.1
another term for Old English - 2.2 The Low German dialect of modern Saxony.
萨克森语（现代萨克森州的低地德语方言）
adjectiveˈsæksənˈsaksən 1Relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th–11th centuries). （与）盎格鲁-撒克逊人（有关）的；（与）盎格鲁-撒克逊语（有关）的；（与）古英语（有关）的；（与）盎格鲁-撒克逊人统治英国时期（5-11世纪）（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - Norman invasions resulted in the destruction of Saxon works and Danish invasions destroyed most of the written works of the continent.
- For much of the Saxon period it was probably fairly wide and marshy, perhaps acting as a separator between Westwyk and Conesford.
- Portchester Castle is the site of a third century Roman fort built to guard against Saxon raids.
- Among the stories written down in the twelfth century about the Saxon outlaw Hereward and his guerrilla warfare against the Norman conquerors, one tells how he slipped into the King's camp disguised as a potter.
- Of greater use to the Welsh kings of the tenth and eleventh centuries was the supply of Viking and Saxon mercenaries.
- Offa's Dyke is the man-made boundary that was created by the Saxon king Offa in the 8th Century AD, to defend the border between England and Wales.
- Wales is contiguous to England and had been the subject of Saxon raids for centuries.
- Duxford is known to have been a wealthy royal holding in the Saxon period.
- The flood tide of Saxon domination of England was shortly to turn and ebb with the Norman invasion.
- The period of Roman decline and the early history of the Saxon kingdoms remains obscure.
- However, the numbers of pigs kept gradually decreases throughout the Saxon period.
- The castles were all but impregnable and served as Norman anchors in a Saxon sea.
- The Normans considered the Saxon dialect unintelligent, and the Saxons understandably resented this.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a work still under composition after the Norman Conquest, embodies accounts and memories of Saxon military success in southern Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
- It is next to a church tower designed by Christopher Wren, which is all that remains of a building that started out as the royal chapel of the Saxon kings and was partly destroyed in World War II.
- The largest pieces of wood working done during the Saxon period must have been for the buildings.
- Particularly in the Saxon pagan period, gold jewellery was often inset with precious or semi-precious stones such as garnet.
- He gave fiefs to Norman lords, trying to keep the Saxon barons from becoming too strong.
- England is divided in a bitter rivalry between the older Saxon inhabitants, and the more recent Norman overlords who have ruled since their conquest in 1066.
- Across much of midland England wide-ranging changes took place in the countryside in the late Saxon period.
- 1.1 Relating to or denoting the style of early Romanesque architecture preceding the Norman in England.
（英国诺曼式建筑风格之前的）早期罗马式建筑风格的 Example sentencesExamples - On the outside of the north wall, (about a third of the way down the Nave), the remains of a Saxon doorway can be seen, complete with round headed arch and jambs of flint.
- Extensive remains of a Saxon minster of 8th century date are incorporated within the church, thought to be the oldest in South Yorkshire and of a type believed to have been associated with royal estates.
- A vertical-wheeled mill is known from the royal site of Old Windsor in Berkshire dating from the late 7th century, and a later Saxon mill has been excavated from Tamworth, the Mercian capital.
- Within the church, parts of the Saxon north wall can be seen above the Norman arcade.
- The site develops with the construction of an aisled Late Saxon timber hall, which was one of King Cnut's royal manors.
2Relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language. （与）萨克森（有关）的；（与）（欧洲大陆）萨克森人（有关）的；（与）萨克森语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - As a place of cure and fashion, it developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century following approval by the Saxon kings.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin and Greek Saxones (plural), of West Germanic origin; related to Old English Seaxan, Seaxe (plural), perhaps from the base of sax. |